Nine hacked to death in latest Chinese school attack

AN attacker with a cleaver hacked to death seven children and two adults at a kindergarten in north-west China yesterday, the latest in a string of savage assaults on the country’s schools. Eleven other children were wounded.

The killer, 48-year-old Wu Huanming, returned home after the attack on the outskirts of the city of Hanzhong and took his own life, the local government reported.

The official Xinhua News Agency said Wu owned the property used by the school and had argued with the school’s manager, who was among the victims.